diff --git a/software/phpfin/template/connect.inc.in b/software/phpfin/template/connect.inc.in
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index e98689eeb5e5691319cadb32153585ca4bba673d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/software/phpfin/template/connect.inc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-$databaseinfo = mysql_connect("%(mysql_host)s", "%(mysql_user)s", "%(mysql_password)s") or die ("Could not connect to server");
-mysql_select_db("%(mysql_database)s");
-
-//Make sure that superglobals are loaded for PHP5 compatibility
-include('superglobals.inc.php');
-
-
-?>